From Footballscoop.com...thoughts?
OFFENSIVE LINE:
As part of a new series, FootballScoop is examining the 10 highest-paid position coaches across college football. We’ll start with offensive line coaches, the general contractors of the football world. As you’ll see below, when you’ve got a guy who knows how to make their offensive architect’s pie-in-the-sky dreams work in reality, you’ll pay whatever it takes to make him happy.
. Sam Pittman, Georgia — $825,000
2. Will Friend, Tennessee — $805,000
3. Joe Rudolph, Wisconsin^ — $720,000
4. Greg Frey, Florida State — $675,000
5. Justin Frye, UCLA — $650,000
5. Herb Hand, Texas — $650,000
7. Mike Summers, Louisville — $632,000
8. Bill Bedenbaugh, Oklahoma — $625,000
9. Jim Turner, Texas A&M — $600,000
9. Eric Wolford, South Carolina — $600,000
^ – Also holds offensive coordinator title
Pittman was the 35th highest-paid assistant in college football in 2018 according to the USA Today salary database. He also makes more than all but six Mountain West coaches — head coaches included — all but five Conference USA coaches, all but two Sun Belt coaches and all but one MAC coaches.
Defensive backs:
1. Charlton Warren, Georgia — $600,000
2. Criag Naivar, Texas@ — $500,000
2. Paul Rhoads, UCLA — $500,000
4. Maurice Linguist, Texas A&M — $450,000
4. Keith Hayward, Oregon* — $450,000
4. Anthony Poindexter, Purdue* — $450,000
7. Mike Reed, Clemson — $440,000
8. Anthony Campanile, Michigan — $415,000
9. Paul Haynes, Michigan State — $410,000
9. Corey Raymond, LSU — $410,000
* – Also a co-defensive coordinator
@ – Also a special teams coordinator
Other notes:
— The emphasis of this exercise is to study position coaches, not coordinators. That said, it bears mentioning that South Carolina’s Travaris Robinson ($1.2 million) is technically the highest-paid defensive backs coach in the country. We’re trying to find the price point for coaches whose primary responsibility is to coach cornerbacks and safeties, not call plays.
— Yet again, Alabama and Ohio State are nowhere to be found. The Buckeyes actually led this list in 2018 with Alex Grinch’s $1.158 million salary, and new hires Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes have yet to have their salaries revealed. Alabama defensive backs coach Karl Scott, on the other hand, remains employed but nowhere close to the top 10 at just — “just” — $350,000 a year. No one coaching football for a living at the Power 5 level is underpaid, but if they were, Scott would have to be among the most underpaid coaches in the sport.
OFFENSIVE LINE:
As part of a new series, FootballScoop is examining the 10 highest-paid position coaches across college football. We’ll start with offensive line coaches, the general contractors of the football world. As you’ll see below, when you’ve got a guy who knows how to make their offensive architect’s pie-in-the-sky dreams work in reality, you’ll pay whatever it takes to make him happy.
. Sam Pittman, Georgia — $825,000
2. Will Friend, Tennessee — $805,000
3. Joe Rudolph, Wisconsin^ — $720,000
4. Greg Frey, Florida State — $675,000
5. Justin Frye, UCLA — $650,000
5. Herb Hand, Texas — $650,000
7. Mike Summers, Louisville — $632,000
8. Bill Bedenbaugh, Oklahoma — $625,000
9. Jim Turner, Texas A&M — $600,000
9. Eric Wolford, South Carolina — $600,000
^ – Also holds offensive coordinator title
Pittman was the 35th highest-paid assistant in college football in 2018 according to the USA Today salary database. He also makes more than all but six Mountain West coaches — head coaches included — all but five Conference USA coaches, all but two Sun Belt coaches and all but one MAC coaches.
Defensive backs:
1. Charlton Warren, Georgia — $600,000
2. Criag Naivar, Texas@ — $500,000
2. Paul Rhoads, UCLA — $500,000
4. Maurice Linguist, Texas A&M — $450,000
4. Keith Hayward, Oregon* — $450,000
4. Anthony Poindexter, Purdue* — $450,000
7. Mike Reed, Clemson — $440,000
8. Anthony Campanile, Michigan — $415,000
9. Paul Haynes, Michigan State — $410,000
9. Corey Raymond, LSU — $410,000
* – Also a co-defensive coordinator
@ – Also a special teams coordinator
Other notes:
— The emphasis of this exercise is to study position coaches, not coordinators. That said, it bears mentioning that South Carolina’s Travaris Robinson ($1.2 million) is technically the highest-paid defensive backs coach in the country. We’re trying to find the price point for coaches whose primary responsibility is to coach cornerbacks and safeties, not call plays.
— Yet again, Alabama and Ohio State are nowhere to be found. The Buckeyes actually led this list in 2018 with Alex Grinch’s $1.158 million salary, and new hires Jeff Hafley and Matt Barnes have yet to have their salaries revealed. Alabama defensive backs coach Karl Scott, on the other hand, remains employed but nowhere close to the top 10 at just — “just” — $350,000 a year. No one coaching football for a living at the Power 5 level is underpaid, but if they were, Scott would have to be among the most underpaid coaches in the sport.
